Advocacy & Community

It’s late at night, and someone in your house is coming down with a cold. They’ve started coughing, so you reach for what is already in your medicine cabinet. Sound familiar? That is exactly why OTC cough medicines are available – to provide convenient relief when symptoms strike unexpectedly. When used as directed, these medicines are safe and effective.  Even so, it’s a good idea to know what is in the bottle. Some OTC cough, cold, and […]

October is here, which means it’s National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month. It’s a great time to shine a spotlight on an important issue many of us worry about: teen substance abuse. In our case, in collaboration with our partners with CADCA, we specifically want to raise awareness about abuse of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and misuse […]

May is a marvelous month – April showers have come and gone, bringing beautiful May flowers, mothers enjoy their annual celebrations of gratitude, and summer break is right around the corner for teens. While May brings a lot of joy, it also gives us space to discuss a very important topic: mental health. This May, […]

Since 1975, the annual Monitoring the Future survey has been conducted with researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a branch of the National Institutes of Health. For 50 years and counting, this survey has been administered to students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades who self-report their substance use […]

This post was updated slightly in September of 2023. Did you know that one in 31 teens has misused over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicine to get high from the active ingredient dextromethorphan (DXM)? Or that one in five young adults has misused a prescription (Rx) drug? October is National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month (NMAAM) and we’re […]

This handout is specific to pharmacists and retailers in the state of Ohio.